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  • Welcome! - 09/11/13

    Welcome to the Commander's Comment's section of our website. I plan to use this corner of cyberspace to help keep the lines of communication open, and, most importantly, to provide direct access to my intent and priorities. During the course of my career I've found that understanding commander's

  • Traveling Turkey: Antalya Region

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series of spots of interest in the area. For information on various trips offered on Incirlik AB visit 39FSS.com.Though Incirlik AB agencies offer many opportunities for travel where they will take you to the destination, sometimes its nice just do a little

  • Commander's Comments - Are you ready?

    The 39th Air Base Wing is pleased to announce that in the coming days the wing commander, Col. Craig Wills, will begin posting comments right here on this page! Think of "Commander's Comments" as an interactive blog where you can not only read posts from the commander, but you can also post thoughts

  • Ask Mehmet: Victory Day

    Editor's note: Ask Mehmet is a forum for people to ask questions about the local area, as well as the outer confines of the region and the country as a whole. To submit a question, send an e-mail with the subject "Ask Mehmet" to 39abw.pa@us.af.mil. Then, look for an answer to the question on the

  • One Airman's perspective

    In May, as a result of the 2011 Budget Control Act, commonly referred to as "Sequestration," the Secretary of Defense announced a furlough of most Department of Defense civilians in order to save roughly $2 billion of the Department's $11 billion budget shortfall. Sequestration has generated

  • Traveling Turkey: Saklibahce

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series of spots of interest in the area. For information on various trips offered on Incirlik AB visit 39FSS.com.After spending a short time at Incirlik, one is sure to hear complaints of there being nothing to do while here, but the fact is that is

  • Make it happen, Airmen

    Airmen are no strangers to change. Our Air Force was born from change after an exhausting world war when nations were recovering and healing emotionally, physically and financially.The decades following World War II brought us numerous changes: hot and cold wars, technological and aerospace

  • Dying for information

    BOOM! The explosion rings in his ears. It's so loud, it hurts. The smoke is thick and it clouds his vision. Everything is hazy. "Why is the sky in front of me instead of above? Wait - why am I lying on my back?" There's so much confusion, so much chaos. He can see others on the ground and see others

  • Lt. Col. James Gherdovich, 39th LRS: Seven expectations of every Airman

    I love my Airmen. They are capable warriors ready to sacrifice everything so that our nation thrives in a world ready to implode. They are committed to the team and to improving the world from the inside out, one challenge at a time. My team shares seven expectations that are the touchstone of our

  • Traveling Turkey: Karaman's wild horses

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series of spots of interest in the area. For information on various trips offered on Incirlik AB visit 39FSS.com.Sometimes the best journeys are off the beaten path and away from the main sites.While those main sites are definitely worth seeing, you can see